The Issue: Political parties have been experimenting with new ways to select candidates, 'open primaries'.

The Facts: Open Primaries are held before elections and enable the public to vote for their preferred candidate of a political party. As the name suggests, anyone can vote in an open primary, including members of opposition parties.

Some people tell us that Hertford can be dull and/or they don't know what's going on. So with the sun still shining we decided to give you a taster of events coming up in your local area in the next few weeks.